Magical Reindeer designed by Virginia Boulay. Canada 20 Dollar 2012 Specifications No.122206 Mintage 250000 Composition fine silver (99.99% pure) Finish specimen Weight (g)7.96 Diameter (mm)27 Edg eserrated Face value20 dollars Artist Virginia Boulay (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse) Thank you mint.ca for the image and specification.
This is a reminder that the NSNS Christmas meeting is on Tuesday, December 15th at the Bonsor Recreation Centre. The meeting starts at 7pm and is in Multipurpose Room #2 upstairs. The highlight is our annual Pandora’s Box Draw. If you would like participate in the Pandora’s Box Draw, please note that you must be a paid-up member of the club. You can join the club at the meeting for $15 and partake in the draw, and if your membership is approved, it will be extended to the end of 2016. To participate, you should bring a wrapped numismatic gift worth $15 or more…
With its bright red maple leaf, the famous red-and-white flag stands as a proud symbol for Canadians. As our national banner, it speaks of our sense of belonging to a broader community, one that is a growing, vibrant mosaic of different cultures, languages and beliefs! It also represents our history and our identity within the international community as we work together to shape a future for ourselves, and for generations to follow. On the 50th anniversary of the National Flag of Canada, celebrate this iconic symbol with a uniquely shaped coin that mirrors the flag’s own rectangular outline. What better…
At last! A truly excellent guide* to grading circulation Canadian coins has been published by Andre Langlois (ANPB Boucherville) It’s a large spiral-bound card-backed format. The photos are big – a half page. And there are tips to grading with each photo. A very interesting feature is the inclusion of varieties and odd examples – an invaluable resource for Canadian collectors. Commemoratives, except for the 1935 dollar, are not included – they are quickly removed from circulation says the author. And coins after about 1970 are easily available in Mint States (MS grades) and so are not featured. But all the early…
1 oz. Fine Silver Coin – Weather Phenomenon: Winter Freeze – Mintage: 8,000 (2015) Specifications No.148300 Mintage8000 Composition99.99% pure silver Finishproof Weight (g) 31.39 Diameter (mm) 38 Edgeserrated Certificateserialized Face value20 dollars ArtistTony Bianco and Arnold Nogy (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse) Image and text thank you Royal Canadian Mint See more about this coin at Mint.ca
Half Kilogram Fine Silver Coin – Conservation Series: The Narwhal – Mintage: 500 (2015) Specifications No.148072 Mintage500 Composition99.99% pure silver Finishproof Weight (g) 500 Diameter (mm) 85 Edgeserrated Certificateserialized Face value125 dollars ArtistCurtis Atwater (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse See more at:Mint.ca A Narwhal from Canada. Half-a-Kilogram of silver is a heavy coin. Only 500 to be minted and the price is C$1,100. That makes the cost of the coin around C$700 above the raw bullion value. (just multiplying by spot price 14.1 USD for Oz late November 2015)
We hope you can come along to the Coin Show – there’ll be Coins (!), Bank Notes, Postcards, Stamps, Militaria and all sorts of collectables. The Show starts at 9pm Saturday 28th November at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre located at 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, 4km east of Metrotown, along Kingsway to the right. Please here for a map and more detail Canada 1967 50 Cents, Wolf designed by Alex Colville. Thank you Apmex for the image.
A beautiful 10 Sen from Japan. 0.7200 silver. Japanese dates on coins start with the era 明治 (Meiji) 1867 – 1912 and then 4 x 10 + 5 shown reading clockwise looking towards the centre of the coin. So this coin is 45th Regnal Year of Emperor Mutsuhito. Or in western calendar 1912. * Thank you http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/Japanese.htm for image and information on dating Japan coins. * I hope, corrections or confirmations very welcome 🙂 Thank you NGC for images
Lot 178 White Pass, Skagway Alaska 1905 1c Summit Stn colour Postcard from Sitka. Estimate: $25 White Pass is a mountain pass right on the border between Alaska and British Columbia. It was one of the main passes used in the Klondike Gold Rush and so many horses died that it became known as ‘Dead Horse Trail’. A light-gauge railway was built 1898-1900 leading all the way from Skagway, Alaska to the Yukon route. Thank All Nations for Image and Auction text
New Westminster directory listings mention the Veterans’ Political Club in 1948, 1949 and 1950. They do not mention them in 1947 or in 1951. In 1948 it is listed as Veterans Political Club Unit 4, B. Stoney (sec.) 1121 ½ Brunette. A Bud Stoney had a residence at 1914 8th Avenue in New Westminster. In 1947 the same residence belonged to a salesman named Herbert A Stoney who was married to his wife named Betty. It would seem that this might be the Bud Stoney in question. But then again maybe not for I came across a mention of a…
A reminder that the next North Shore Numismatic Society Coin, Stamp and Collectible Fair is on Saturday, November 28th at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre in Burnaby, B.C. The show runs from 9 am to 3 pm. More information and a map on our website: http://northshorenumismaticsociety.org/ Image thank you Royal Canadian Mint
This was one of the first modern Canadian coins that caught my eye 🙂 A Maple Leaf with a glistening crystal drop of rain – the 2009 $20 Autumn Showers Crystal Raindrop Silver Coin. It was designed by Celia Godkin, well-known Canadian author and artist, designed the special limited edition coin. No stranger to coin design (she also designed the 2008 Crystal Raindrop coin), Godkin has also penned several books, including the popular children’s book Wolf Island. There were 10,000 minted by the RCM. The coin is 99.99 % pure silver and the reflective crystal came from Daniel Swarovsk’s crystal firm. Thank you…
This is a reminder that the next North Shore Numismatic Society meeting is Tuesday, November 17th. The meeting is held at the Bonsor Recreation Centre, in Multipurpose Room #2. Doors open at 7 pm and the meeting starts at 7:30 pm. The meeting is open to members and non-members, so everyone is welcome. Program: Michael Souza will present a PowerPoint on “Canada’s Fractional Currency”. This PowerPoint was prepared by a member of the London Numismatic Society and provides a history of Canada’s 25-Cent Banknotes. Also, please bring items for the floor submission auction. Limit is 5 items per person. …
The year 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the poem In Flanders Fields, which was written by Canadian physician Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae amid the horrors of the Second Battle of Ypres in May 1915. Through his hauntingly poignant poem, McCrae succeeded in giving a voice to the 60,000 Canadians who would lose their lives in the First World War, and ignited an international effort to keep their legacy alive. To mark this anniversary, this fine silver coin is a solemn remembrance of those who bravely served their country abroad in a time of war–lest we forget. A…
In early 1942, the United States government began issuing a special set of banknotes custom-made for Hawaii. The back of each note looked identical to the existing U.S. paper currency apart from one major difference: the word “HAWAII” was stamped across it. The design of these notes wasn’t the most elegant—the “HAWAII” looked as though it was inscribed by someone with a black ballpoint pen and a ruler. But that’s understandable, given their circumstances: these banknotes were an emergency series, rushed to print in the months following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. The idea was that if Japan invaded Hawaii, the U.S. government could immediately…
In 2012, the Federated States of Micronesia issued this $8 stamp. What is unusual is that rather than being printed on paper, it is embroidered. This cloth stamp is quite large measuring 67 mm x 42 mm and the design is a stylized dragon in red. The back of the stamp has a paper covering that protects the gum. To use the stamp, you would peel away the paper exposing the gum and press the stamp onto the envelope. Image courtesy of W4 Stamps Collectibles (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Micronesia-2012-MNH-Year-of-Dragon-1v-Embroidered-Stamp-Chinese-Lunar-New-Year-/271833842022)
The South Sudanese government hope their new coins will increase international recognition of their new country. “After a long civil war, South Sudan gained its independence from Sudan in July 2011. Oil fields in the border areas of Sudan and South Sudan has been the source of additional fighting between the two nations. In 2013 a civil war broke out between the forces of the President and the Vice President of South Sudan. As a result on the continuing conflicts up to 100,000 have been killed, 1,000,000 have been displaced and 400,000 have fled the country. In 2015 South Sudan released its…
“Saved from certain doom by his birth parents, the House of El would be preserved in the infant Kal-El, who was rocketed away from Planet Krypton. Forming his strong moral compass, his adoptive parents, the Kents, would teach him what it is to be human as Clark Kent. As Superman, his friends and allies remind him of the responsibility of his power, and help him stay true to his never-ending mission” “As Superman’s cousin from the Planet Krypton, the teenage Kara Zor-El arrived on Earth many years after Kal-El. While Superman decided her future, Kara was secretly whisked away to…
The 2015 Polar Bear is shown with her cub by Innuit artist Germaine Arnaktauyok. One of her designs, The Drummer, graced the back of Canada’s 1999 toonie to celebrate the creation of Nunavut. 2015 $5 Polar Bear and Cub 1 oz Silver. Mintage 7,500 2015 $10 Polar Bear and Cub 1/4 oz Gold. Mintage 2,000 Thank you Royal Canadian Mint for images . http://www.mint.ca/store/coins/1-oz.-fine-silver-coin-ndash-polar-bear-and-cub-ndash-mintage-7500-2015-prod2210323#.VjrxfLerSCo
A Crown was struck to celebrate the British Exhibition in New York in 1960. The Royal Mint had a stand at the New York Exhibition on which they were demonstrating coins being struck. The coin was the 1960 crown (or Five Shilings) that had been designed for the occasion. The 70,000 coins actually made at the exhibition were made using a polished die at “prooflike” quality. At the end of the Exhibition all of the unsold ones were bagged up and sent back to Britain – this is why it’s difficult to obtain a pristine specimen without bagmarks. An Uncirculated Crown (with a lot of bagmarks) can…
